Antonin Scalia

Another wrinkle in raisin growers' lawsuit

2013-06-18 20:31:00

KERMAN, Calif. — "Look, look," said Marvin Horne, squinting in the sun as he showed his wife a small bunch of Thompson seedless grapes just plucked from his lush green vines. He took the tiniest bite out of one and made a face. "We're about two...

High court rules 'pay-for-delay' drug deals can face antitrust suits

2013-06-18 00:00:00

WASHINGTON — A brand-name drug maker can be sued for violating antitrust laws if it agrees to pay a potential competitor to delay selling a generic version, the Supreme Court ruled. The 5-3 decision is expected to result in lower prescription drug...

Supreme Court blocks Arizona law on voter registration

2013-06-17 08:39:00

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court threw out an Arizona law Monday and by a surprisingly lopsided vote, ruling state officials may not demand a proof of citizenship from residents who register to vote. The 7-2 decision written by Justice Antonin...

Supreme Court rules for generic drugs, against 'pay for delay'

2013-06-17 09:52:00

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Monday that brand-name drug makers can be sued for violating the antitrust laws if they make a deal that pays a potential competitor to put off selling a generic version. The 5-3 decision is likely to benefit...

Supreme Court blocks Arizona's voter ID law

2013-06-17 20:16:00

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed with the Obama administration Monday in yet another of its confrontations with Arizona, striking down a state law on voter registrations and ruling that states may not require new applicants to show proof of...

In Miranda case, Supreme Court rules on the limits of silence

2013-06-17 20:11:00

WASHINGTON — Crime suspects need to speak up if they want to invoke their legal right to remain silent, the Supreme Court said Monday in a ruling that highlights the limited reach of the famous Miranda decision. The 5-4 ruling upheld the murder...

Supreme Court rejects gene patents

2013-06-14 00:00:00

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled that human genes are a product of nature and cannot be patented and held for profit, a decision that medical experts said will lead to more genetic testing for cancers and other diseases and to lower costs for...

Letters: Scalia's invective

2013-06-02 00:00:00

Re "Court lifts time limit on appeals," May 29 Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's intemperate use of invective — "blooper reel," "feeble" and "bizarre" — against the majority opinion written by a fellow justice (in this case the...

Supreme Court lifts time limit on some 'actual innocence' appeals

2013-05-28 18:20:00

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court gave a second chance Tuesday to prisoners who come up with strong new evidence of their innocence, but who have waited too long to file an appeal. In a 5-4 decision, the justices lifted the one-year time limit for...

'The Roberts Court' captures an important transformation

2013-05-17 15:00:00

At his confirmation hearings for the position of chief justice of the United States, John G. Roberts Jr. parried skeptics with a reassuring metaphor: "Judges are like umpires," he memorably testified. "Umpires don't make the rules, they apply them. The...

Peter Sagal's 'Constitution USA' hits the road with humor

2013-05-07 07:00:00

NEW YORK — If someone told you of a barnstorming TV host who interviewed people around the country about a given subject, you'd say it sounds like a lot of the road-trip reality series that have proliferated on cable TV. But what if that host...

Letters: Marriage through the ages

2013-03-28 00:00:00

Re "Court looks split on gay marriage," March 27 The issue isn't the "tradition" of marriage but rather the role of government in regulating marriage. This discussion is being confused by an inaccurate depiction of marriage as an unchanging institution....

A narrowly divided Supreme Court ruled Monday that police can collect DNA from people arrested but not convicted of serious crimes. Above: Alonzo King, left, in an April 2009 photo provided by the Salisbury, Md. Police Department. Justice Antonin Scalia, right, wrote the dissent.

2013-06-03 17:58:00

Commentator Bill O'Reilly, left, talks with Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia during the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner on April 27.

2013-04-27 20:53:00

Fox News' Bill O'Reilly, left, talks with Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia during the White House correspondents' dinner.

2013-04-27 00:00:00